I Became The Stepmother Of An Irrevocable Dark Family

p crippled because of Rebecca.

“Haa….How pitiful you are.”

I looked at Leona’s miserable face over the mirror.
Her slightly dry skin was as white as porcelain as if she was nurtured in a loving family, but that’s not the case at all.

“This is why they sold me.
Am I going to be crippled?”

I wouldn’t even have to worry about this if only I became Leona a little faster.
I’m living a shitty life.

Leona’s life is much worse.

Eventually, I decided to remove my worries and leaped into the bed.
Contrary to what it looks like, the bed was soft and didn’t make any creaking noise so I burrowed myself comfortably into the warm, soft sheets.

“Tomorrow’s work begins tomorrow!”

Talking about this and that alone doesn’t change anything right away.

The fact that I became Rebecca’s stepmother remains unchanged.

“Ha…”

Perhaps because I spent the entire day being nervous about going to the duchy, as soon as I lied down and closed my eyes, the feeling of fatigue went all over my body.

Even when I was on the verge of a life and death situation, my instinct could not defeat my exhaustion.
Shortly after, I fell asleep.

***

Ever since I heard the word, “Get lost.” I haven’t seen Rebecca for days.
The biggest reason is that I can’t meet Rebecca.

The vast duchy mansion consists of three buildings.
Three buildings were attached with a cave-like hallway.

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That’s why I can’t find Rebecca’s room when I first came here.
Let alone finding her room, there’s no way I could go around looking for Rebecca by opening more than a hundred doors.

I asked the passing servants about Rebecca’s room, but I was ignored.

They would either speak vaguely or run away saying they don’t know.

By the time I was ignored for the seventeenth time, I could understand it perfectly.

“Ah.
I guess I’m being cast out.”

Realizing the truth in a few days, I returned to my room at ease.

“I’ve done my best.”

That’s how I reassured myself.

Still, I don’t have to worry about being starved to death because the meal was placed in front of my room, although it was delivered irregularly.

‘It was a hard bread though.’

Two hard loaves of bread were always delivered without soup or a drink.
Just like a criminal, I spend my days leisurely while picking up and eating the bread.

I wish they would just forget about me like this.

Unfortunately, a week later, the duke came to visit me personally.
Without knocking properly, he opened the door and looked very angry.

“I brought you in to take care of my child, but you didn’t look for her even for a day? You’re a lot different from the women before.”

As I was enjoying the view outside the window, I turned my head and greeted him with a big smile.

“Ah! That’s great.”
“Great? What’s so great?”
“Because someone finally here to guide me? No matter how many times I asked, nobody would tell me the room.
Where is the room, and should I go now?”

Rather, it was he who made an absurd expression.

“…Are you making excuses that you couldn’t go because you don’t know where her room is?”
“Excuse? It’s the truth.”
“Ha.
Do you think I’ll believe that?”

The Duke’s face was contorted for a moment.

It was me who should be annoyed.
Why would I want to stay here for a week?

I asked all the passing servants about Rebecca’s room, and I even opened up all the fancy doors because I couldn’t stay still.

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Of course, I was stopped every time.

“Whether you believe it or not, it’s your choice.
But I’m sure you knew that.”
“What do you mean?”
“Are you sure you didn’t know? Did you not know…that the servants ran away when I tried to ask them?”

I looked at him while narrowing my eyes.

There’s no way that he could stop me from running away without knowing it.

Those servants, who pretended to not know when I asked them about Rebecca’s room, always appeared at a wonderful time and stopped me whenever I attempted to get out of the duchy.

‘It might be Rebecca’s work that prevented me from coming into her room, but the Duke also neglected me.’

Watching his subtle change of expression, I took out the paper from my arms.

“I asked a total of 38 people, and their answer was written precisely there.”

When someone tries to bully me, all I have to do is collect evidence.

“What is this?”
“It’s to prove that the Duke, who thinks I did nothing at all, is wrong.”

I laughed proudly at him, who was perplexed.

“…”
“You’re already here to show me around, so let’s go.
Now that the Duke is here, I can finally see the precious princess’ face.
You don’t know how much I missed her.”

I took the lead by acting exaggeratedly.

The Duke’s gaze was sharply pointed at the paper that I held out to him for a long time.
Then, as if he had made a decision, he took and folded the paper, then put it in his chest while turning around.

“This way.”

I, who proudly followed him from behind, even lost my direction with confidence.

“Where are you going?”

Even when he was going to the left, I turned the opposite way.

“…That way.”
“…I’m beginning to believe that you didn’t know the way.”